2. Main Facts
• The GAA was invented in Thurles.
• The GAA was invented in November 1st 1884.
• The motto of the GAA is “be there all the way”.
• The founder of the GAA is Michael Cusack.
• Hurling, Camogie, Gaelic football, gaelic handball
and rounders are all sports of GAA.
3. Other Facts
• GAA = Gaelic Athletic Association.
• Sam Maguire, Liam Mcarthy are trophies given in
the finals of gaelic football and hurling.
• Dublin’s team is the best team in all of Ireland.
• The main stadium is Croke Park.
4. More Facts
• The president of the GAA is John Horan.
• There are over 500,000+ members in the GAA
staff, ever since 2014.
• The GAA has 286 clubs.
• Up too the 20th century most of the members
were farm labours.
• The GAA helped in the Easter rising.
6. Gaelic football
Gaelic football is played by teams of 15 on a rectangular grass pitch with H-
shaped goals at each end.
The primary objective is to score by driving the ball through the goals, which
is known as a goal worth 3 point , or kicking the ball over the bar worth 1
point.
The team with the highest point score at the end of the match win.
The female version of the game is called ladies Gaelic and is similar to men’s
game with a few minor rule changes.
7. The Ball
The game is played with a round leather football made of 18 stitched leather
panels, similar in appearance to a traditional volley ball but larger, with a
circumference of 68-70cm, weighing between 480-500g when dry. It may be
kicked or hand passed. A hand pass is not a punch but rather a strike of the
ball with the side of the closed fist, using the knuckle of the thumb.
8. Teams
Teams consist of 15 players a goalkeeper, 2 corner backs, a full back, 2 wing
backs, a centre back, 2 mid fielders, 2 wing forwards, a centre forward, 2
corner forwards a forward plus up to 15 substitutes, of which 5 may be used.
As for younger teams or teams that do not have enough players for 15 aside,
it is uncommon to play 13 aside. Each player is numbered 1-15, starting with
the goalkeeper, who must wear a jersey coloured differently from that of his
or her teammates. Up to 15 substitutes may be named on the team sheet,
number 16 usually being the reserve goal keeper
10. Hurling is an outdoor team game of ancient gaelic and Irish origin and the
fastest field sport in the world. It is administered by the GAA. The game has
prehistoric origins , and has been played for 3000 years.
Equipment = silotar , hurley , helmet and ashguard.
Camogie is the women's version of hurling.
About Hurling
11. You may strike the ball on the ground or in the air. You may catch the ball or
pick up the ball with your hurley into your hand and carry it for not more then
four steps in the hand. After those steps you may bounce the ball on your
hurley and back to the hand , but you are forbidden to catch the ball more
then twice. You can run balancing or bouncing the ball (solo) on the hurley
indefinitely. Players may contest for the ball by playing it with the hurley or
by shoulder charging an opponent side to side.
Each team consists of 15 players, lining out as per the diagram.
Rules of hurling
12. A ball hit over the bar is worth one point
A ball hit under the bar is three points which is called a goal
A point is signalled by raising a white flag, placed to the right of the goal
A goal is signalled by raising a green flag , placed to the left of the goal
Scoring
